“What does your son do?” asked a friend of François Zola. “Nothing. He writes.” replied Zola, an engineer (mostly of bridges and dams) and father of the journalist and best-selling novelist, Emile Zola. This conversation took place in the late nineteenth century, long before there were phones or the internet, so it was still possible for […]
The Internet Age heralds a shift in human nature
Originally published in February 2010 in Blog, Uncategorized
Facebook (est. 2004 in a stinky Harvard dorm) took almost five years to attract its first 150 million users, but only eight months to double that number, says The Economist in a Special Report on Social Networking. As a social platform initially designed to share tipsy pics and Saturday night plans, it’s becoming clear, and pretty fast, […]
